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What Eagles are saying about practicing at Angel Stadium

Updated December 7, 2017 at 6:06 AM;Posted December 7, 2017 at 5:13 AM

Fans enter Angel Stadium of Anaheim before Game 2 of baseball's AL Division Series between the Los Angeles Angels and the Kansas City Royals in Anaheim, Calif. In Southern California, police are looking Monday, Oct,. 6 for three men suspected of brutally beating a man in the Angels Stadium parking lot after the Angels' playoff night game on Friday, Oct. 3. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)(Gregory Bull)

Like most Major League Baseball clubhouses, the Angels' features several leather couches, mounted flat-screen TVs, and even a schedule on the wall that has a baseball glued to each date of an Angels' victory from the 2017 season.

However, several players said that actually practicing on the field that was converted from a baseball diamond to a gridiron took some getting used to.

"It took me about a period to get used to it," Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins said of the field conditions. "It was a little slick. It's not every day that they put a football field in a baseball stadium."

Johnson says that because of the different grass than the team is accustomed to practicing on at the NovaCare Complex, the Eagles' equipment staff flew out and distributed cleats with metal spikes.

Overall, though, the Eagles came away impressed by the job done in concert between the Eagles' football operations staff, grounds crew and the Angels' organization.

"it's been pretty seamless," head coach Doug Pederson said at the team's hotel in Costa Mesa on Wednesday prior to practice. "I've got to credit our IT staff, our video department, our training and medical staff, our equipment staff, and everybody that even came out to set the hotel up and set up Angels stadium. It's been seamless. [We're] Gracious for the Angels for allowing us to practice there, and our grounds crew have done an amazing job over there when you see it today, with putting some sod down in the infield and just a great job. It's been seamless. The transition's been really good. Offices are great. Players are really adjusting well. It feels like NovaCare."

Matt Lombardo may be reached at MLombardo@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @MattLombardoPHL.